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Re: Visual Studio Code for Go

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Post by 0xffff2 »

Someone1234 wrote: post #31
rhodysurf wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its a a very simplistic language. Coming from C# there is no inheritance, only composition. Types are super strict too which can be a pain in the ass (especially cuz you cant add things like an int32 and an int64 together). Its nice once you are used to it though.

> especially cuz you cant add things like an int32 and an int64 together Which in some ways makes a lot of sense, in particular if you want to avoid "undefined behaviour" or just behaviour which is subtle. For example: If I add a uint32 and a uint64, what is the format of the result? What about uint64 and int32? Which of those is "larger?" And that's just the least bad example, with two float-formats you can lose pre…

I've been dealing with this same issue in Rust, and I think there is definitely a middle ground to be had.

In the first example, it's trivial to add uint32 and uint64, and store the result as a uint64. No information is lost at all in that operation. This generalizes to any combination of integral types, where [u]int{x} + [u]int{y} = [u]int{max(x, y)}. It's inexplicable to me why a language wouldn't allow these loss-less operations to be implicit.

The other two operations don't have a clear answer, so it makes perfect sense to require an explicit cast in those cases.

Re: Visual Studio Code for Go

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Post by namelezz »

schmichael wrote: post #14

We're a 100% Go shop and everyone on my team but me uses Visual Studio Code for Go. It's really amazing. (My mind has just been so corrupted by years of vim usage I'm trapped.) It's bizarre to think my team writes in a language created by Google in an editor created by Microsoft on System76 laptops running Ubuntu. Never would have been possible in the Gates or Ballmer eras.

For this extension to work, you need to install several Go tools in GOPATH. How did you manage your GOPATH across multiple projects? Do you have a single GOPATH for every project or each project has its own GOPATH?

Re: Visual Studio Code for Go

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Post by kampsy »

furyofantares wrote: post #59
kampsy wrote: post #52

I like VsCode especially for js css and html5 stuff. The problem I have with it is that it starts to lag when my codebase gets larger eg above 600 lines. Thats the reason why I switch to Atom. I think Atom is the best free text editor.

Is that 600 lines a typo?

No its not. 600 lines of Go code.

Re: Visual Studio Code for Go

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Post by kozukumi »

melling wrote: post #23
schmichael wrote: post #14

We're a 100% Go shop and everyone on my team but me uses Visual Studio Code for Go. It's really amazing. (My mind has just been so corrupted by years of vim usage I'm trapped.) It's bizarre to think my team writes in a language created by Google in an editor created by Microsoft on System76 laptops running Ubuntu. Never would have been possible in the Gates or Ballmer eras.

Can anyone who uses Visual Studio Code compare its functionality to the native Visual Studio? I forgot about this project because it's seldom mentioned: https://code.visualstudio.com/Download

VS Code is a programmers text editor. It has great support for a lot of the things Atom does well for example. It isn't an IDE in the same way you most likely think of Visual Studio. It is free though so why not give it a try?

Re: Visual Studio Code for Go

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Post by 0xffff2 »

OldSchoolJohnny wrote: post #50
KirinDave wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hi. I know C# in amateur fashion and Go professionally. I think a lot of people here will give you a very positive review of Go. Since they've got that covered, let me tell you what you're giving up from C# or F# and why I won't use Go. Maybe you can form a balanced conclusion from the aggregates, because I find Go to be very polarizing. Concurrency Async: Go uses channels for all concurrency. Period. This mechanism,…

Why do you use the word "story" here? Do you mean "feature"? Does story come from a marketing frame of mind and not a developer frame of mind?

I've always associated "story" with Agile, where "story" does basically equate to "feature".

Re: Visual Studio Code for Go

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Post by KyleBrandt »

namelezz wrote: post #62
schmichael wrote: post #14

We're a 100% Go shop and everyone on my team but me uses Visual Studio Code for Go. It's really amazing. (My mind has just been so corrupted by years of vim usage I'm trapped.) It's bizarre to think my team writes in a language created by Google in an editor created by Microsoft on System76 laptops running Ubuntu. Never would have been possible in the Gates or Ballmer eras.

For this extension to work, you need to install several Go tools in GOPATH. How did you manage your GOPATH across multiple projects? Do you have a single GOPATH for every project or each project has its own GOPATH?

I set my GOPATH to my home dir, and only use a single GOPATH for all projects. This way things are where you might expect relative to your home dir (If thinking in FHS (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard). For example, executables end up in ~/bin, everything else is in ~/src.

Never had any issues with this setup.

Re: Visual Studio Code for Go

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Post by kej »

minionslave wrote: post #10

I've never programmed in Go before. Coming from a C# background. Can someone tell me, how does Go feel? Is is pleasant to work in, or is it tricky like C.

There's an online playground/tutorial that can show you the basics. Even if you never write another Go program, it's worth trying it out just to see what else is out there: https://tour.golang.org/welcome/1

Re: Visual Studio Code for Go

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Post by bmurphy1976 »

sahaskatta wrote: post #55
CSDude wrote: post #48

Not related to Go plugin, but in VsCode I hate the tabs in the left panel, feels very different and I could not even adjust it after 6 months. However, the Go plugin is really nice and works perfectly, even, the debugger works /most of the time/ . It is fast and handy. Recommended.

As a long time Sublime user, having side-bar tabs in editors like Brackets or VS Code is definitely quite annoying. I wish they offered the option to place tabs on the top as an alternative.

I agree. Please vote for this:

https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/293070-visual-stud...

This is the sole blocker for me. With 20 years of muscle memory, tabs and tab hot-keys (i.e. command+1, command+2, etc.) are simply not optional.

Re: Visual Studio Code for Go

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Post by jokoon »

kozukumi wrote: post #60
coolsunglasses wrote: post #54

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Which System76 laptops? I'm in the market for a Linux-native laptop which'll compile faster than my MBP.

Not the same person as parent but I wouldn't recommend System 76 personally. I got caught up in the hype and got a Lemur 14" but the build quality is pretty poor and I had awful keyboard issues (since fixed I believe). If you want something that runs Linux well I have stuck with ThinkPad's. You really can't beat them in terms of performance, reliability and Linux support.

I recently got a thinkpad L440, I chose the bad wifi chipset (I did some research first, nowhere would have had read about that issue), and that chipset is not supported.

I installed some backport which seems to turn off/on at times.

I don't think there are decent brands for linux, or it might require deeper pockets. That's the cost of not working with microsoft.

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